Author Topic: Bad press for HTC? (Read 545 times)

Sandman · « **on:** December 02, 2002, 12:35:38 AM »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2514771.stm

gofaster · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2002, 11:32:46 AM »

Much needs to be done to ease the intense pressure, inequality and exclusion in technology jobs, said the study by Sean O'Riain, Professor of Sociology at the University of California.

He looked at the characteristics of hi-tech workplaces, which are seen as a potential model for the future of work.

He found that the individualistic, macho culture of tech jobs was putting women off applying for jobs, despite an often critical shortage of skills.

Well that's odd. I would've thought that the individualistic, macho culture was a product of the fact that most of the people in the computer industry are male, mostly because men seem to have a more natural interest in gadgets and mathematics. The business college and engineering colleges are disproportionately populated by males, whereas telecommunications and journalism - the "glamour schools" - are largely populated by females. I remember a female co-worker once told me that her time in the university studying MIS was like being a tuna fish in a shark tank. On the other hand, she never got lonely on weekends.

Fatty · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2002, 11:38:05 AM »

I thought it was simply that an industry filled with sunlight deprived acne ridden nerds was not a culture that was attractive to the average female.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2002, 11:40:19 AM »

I do not have acne.

Dingbat · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2002, 12:02:44 PM »

LOL that was fricken hilarious.

sling322 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2002, 12:06:42 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
I do not have acne.

Anymore.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2002, 01:15:51 PM »

Never did...

Kanth · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2002, 01:25:40 PM »

I have a strange rash...does that count?

vorticon · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2002, 01:27:11 PM »

quick skuzzy whatrs the secret to acneless living while still mainting a nerd lifestlyw?

Kanth · « **Reply #9 on:** December 02, 2002, 01:33:27 PM »

Kewl, but before they jump all of the way to technology they need to go ahead and ease some other things first like fisherwomen and garbagewomen..I'm sure I can think of plenty of fields where you don't normally find women..

Those fields are far more exclusive' than technology is.

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Originally posted by gofaster
Much needs to be done to ease the intense pressure, inequality and exclusion in technology jobs, said the study by Sean O'Riain, Professor of Sociology at the University of California.

StSanta · « **Reply #10 on:** December 02, 2002, 04:31:36 PM »

Yeah kanth, and we need more male seamstresses..seamERS too. Not to mention the massive discrimination men suffer in for example nursing jobs!

Burn our jocks, burn our jocks! Fight the evil matriarchal society!

Heh, guys like that forget that it works both ways.